Can I resize the rows in a Grid Layout?

[justride]

Hello,

I have a Grid Layout:

JPanel mainpanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(3,1,1,1));

The first and last row have text areas that are large, but the middle row is a button. How can I resize the middle cell the size of the button or close to it? because as of now I have enormouse amounts of gaps.

Thanks

 

[timw]

With a GridLayout all grid 'squares' are constrained to be equal in size.

To gain finer-grained control over your layout, you would normally have JPanels within JPanels with various strategic layouts applied to each.

... or you could take the plunge and learn how to use the GridBaglayout which allows for more flexibility than the plain GridLayout, but at a price (it's hard to use).

Tim
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"Your morbid fear of losing,
destroys the lives you're using." - Ozzy

 

[justride]

Ok thanks,

How about having one cell, but displaying items on their own line? For example right now I have a button and label side by side, can I have them on their own line?

 

[timw]

When laying-out components in a container, I usually start with the positioning I want to achieve (scribbled on paper or using something like Visio), then I decide what combination of Panels/LayoutManagers is needed to do the job.

So, yes, you can have them on their own 'lines' but depending upon other considerations, you may not want to use a GridLayout.

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/layout/using.html

Tim
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"Your morbid fear of losing,
destroys the lives you're using." - Ozzy

 

[timw]

... and

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/layout/visual.html

Tim
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"Your morbid fear of losing,
destroys the lives you're using." - Ozzy

 

[justride]

Thanks, I am using the gridbag layout now, works much better for my needs on this task.

Quick question:
constraints.ipady = 15; makes my textarea larger, but how can I prevent it from resizing when I use the enter key and instead have scroll bars?

Thanks

 

[justride]

Actually I am using constraints.ipady = 100; sorry.

 

[DaWickedRebel]

I think the answer to that is to put your JTextArea onto a JScrollPane, then add the JScrollPane to your Container

Rich

 

[DaWickedRebel]

Tutorial for my previous post...

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/components/scrollpane.html